(PAL i VIZ oo mab) Brand: Synagis
• Palivizumab must not be given to a baby who has had a severe allergic reaction to it.
• Till your baby receives a palivizumab injection, speak your doctor if the baby has a bleeding or blood-clotting mess; or a low level of platelets in the blood.
• Do not use this medication at house if you do not fully understand how to give the injection and properly dispose of used needles and syringes.
• Call your doctor at once if your baby has a serious side effect such as tall fever, ear pain or drainage, warmth or swelling of the ear; crying or fussiness, change in appetite or sleeping patterns, light bruising or bleeding, or trouble breathing.
• Call your doctor for instructions if you miss an appointment for your child's palivizumab injection.
• Palivizumab is a man-made antibody to respiratory syncytial (sin-SISH-ul) virus (RSV). RSV can reason serious diseases in children. Palivizumab helps hold RSV cells from multiplying in the body.
• Palivizumab is used to prevent serious lung malady caused by respiratory syncytial virus in premature infants, and infants born with determined lung disorders or heart disease.
• Palivizumab will not treat a baby who is already sick with RSV disease.
• Palivizumab may also be used for another purposes not listed in this medicine guide.
• Palivizumab must not be given to a baby who has had a severe allergic reaction to it.
• If your baby has any of these another conditions, he or she may need a doze adjustment or particular trials to safely use this medication:
· a bleeding or blood clotting mess; or
· a low level of platelets in the blood.
• It is not known whether palivizumab is deleterious to use while pregnant or breast-feeding. Although this medicine is usually not used in adults, a woman of child-bearing age who is treated with palivizumab must speak her doctor if she is pregnant or breast-feeding.
• Palivizumab is given once a month during the RSV season, which is generally November through April but may be various where you live. Your child's doctor will speak you when the medicine must be given.
• Palivizumab is given as an injection into a muscle. A doctor, nurse, or another healthcare provider will give this injection. You may be shown how to use the medication at house. Do not self-inject this medication if you do not fully understand how to give the injection and properly dispose of used needles and syringes.
• Every single-use vial (bottle) of this medication is for one use only. Throw away after one use, even if there is still some medication left in it after injecting your dose.
• Use every disposable needle only one time. Throw away used needles in a puncture-proof container (ask your pharmacist where you can get one and how to dispose of it). Hold this container out of the reach of children and pets.
• Do not shake the medicine bottle or you may ruin the medication. Prepare your doze in a syringe only when you are ready to give yourself an injection. Do not use the medicine if it has changed colors or has particles in it. Call your doctor for a new prescription.
• This medicine can reason unusual results with determined medical trials. Speak any doctor who treats you that you are using palivizumab.
• If you hold this medicine at house, store it in the refrigerator. Do not freeze. Do not use the medicine if the expiration date on the label has passed.
• Since this medicine is given by a healthcare professional in a medical setting, an overdose is unlikely to occur.
• Call your doctor for instructions if you miss an appointment for your child's palivizumab injection.
• Search abnormal medical attention if you think your baby has received too many of this medicine.
• Symptoms of a palivizumab overdose are not known.
• Follow your doctor's instructions about any restrictions on food, beverages, or activity.
• Get abnormal medical help if your baby has any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of the person, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Call your doctor at once if your baby has a serious side effect such as:
· tall fever, ear pain or drainage, tugging at the ear;
· warmth or swelling of the ear;
· crying or fussiness, especially while lying down;
· change in sleeping patterns;
· poor feeding or loss of appetite;
· light bruising or bleeding; or
· trouble breathing.
• Smaller serious side effects may include:
· low fever;
· cool symptoms such as stuffy nose, sneezing, cough;
· vomiting, diarrhea; or
· pain, redness, or swelling where the shot was given.
• This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may message side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
• There may be another drugs that can interact with palivizumab. Speak your doctor about all medications you use. This includes prescription, over-the-counter, vitamin, and herbal commodity. Do not start a new medicine without telling your doctor.
• Your doctor or pharmacist can provide more information about palivizumab.
Remember, hold this and all another medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medicine only for the indication prescribed.
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